Rail-fastening.



W. L. KVAIL, JB.

BML FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1907.

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Application lefl June 25, T1907. Serial No. 33%,@56,

To all whom it may .concerm Be it known that I, WALTER L. VAIL, Jr., 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Pan.- tano, -in the county of Pirna and Territory of Arizona, have invented a new and useful Rail-Fastening, of which bthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for festencent ties and a portion of the rail, shoving` the rail es lield in place on the tie et the right by the device, the fastening device on the other tie being shown in a position prelirni` nary to its iinal setting. Fig. 2 is a section on line :v2 1f Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of tlie astening plate.`

.1 designates theties and 2 mil.

3 (.lesignatcs the fastening plate wliieli is preferably formedL of a single piece of sheet metal having two leptin-neo li fi staggereewith respect esel". other an f. s `aoeol epa"7 diagonally a sullieient distenee to receive .of tile rail. The plate rovitletl with two elongated slots end thereof, and is also provided Witlrse spike holes 7 which oe arranged, for exainple, with one spike iiolenear eaoli corner of the plete. The slotL o elosetl ends and are located. on line internie i the lugs l so that tlie plates ere erfectlj, interchangeable and reversible en if desired., one or both of tile spikes through the slots may be located at the inner and outer ends thereof, respectively, so as to assist by engjfeg ing with` said ends preventing emit-.rise movement of tlie piste in tile direc-tion of the greatest strain, as, for instance, toward tile outside of a onrve.

The plates 3 rest upon tlie top of tile tics and are first laid at en angleto the tie as shown at tlie ft in Fig. i to enelole the iiange 5 of tile 1- 'l to pass flown between tile lugs 4 .so that e .rail rests :fiat upon the designates the .the ties.

plates. Tine plates may be laid on the ties in this position before the rei-il is laid down, or the 'rail may loe leid down noon the ties and tlien the plates zney ce siippefl under the rail by prying up the. rail slightly .above A spike 8 is driven into tile tie through one of the slots t5 as shown at the left in l, the spike being en internos diete point of tlieslot and not being driven completely nome so that the plate can be rocked on tlie spike 8 as a fulerum; then the plete swung incl so that it lies parallel with theLA tie and at angiesto the rail in the osition shown the rielit in Fig. l, in wliic position the lugs l tiglitly-elasp the lower flange 5 of the rail, es oleaiiy sliown in Figs. i .and 2, thus holding the rail securely to plete Then s pile 9 is driven through the other sintv 6, but not driven coni pletely liorne so that the plate is slide. with respect to spikes ano. elong the per face of `ien tliae rcil may .erouglit into tne Y alnn. tion by sliding the pia/ie 3 i S; es required, the length of the siots seing su 'ficient to permit vof tlie required amount or adjustment. Aiter tliis adjustment lis-.s been seonre'zi, ootli 'spil-ies if?, and 9 may' oe di.' en leonie to set the slate 3 in the eXect iretl, other spikes tie tlironglil position j providL s nossible r ii'" in L 4an i1'. ith the ordine spikes on one side of the ranp rail from moving toward. tnos^ preventing'tne rail i i'ovA away from +Lose spines, and the spike spikes on tMv side of a tile rail acting a sii-nilar 'wey to vent tle from toward tlieni but not 'orevent" from moving toward the rirst na. in 'tine present device, however, i, seen that if there is 'tendency of Trail to i "iff nioveeitlewise in one f lireetion, one or the other of *Le integral lugs positively prevent movement of the rail sidewise on the plate, and that the plate is prevented 'from moving on the tie by all ofthe spikes which secure it to the tie, and thus side spreading of the rail is opposed by twice the resistance of the. .ordlnary spike fastening. The plates being of sheet metal may be formed with a die expeditiously and economieall What claim isz- A rail fastening comprising'a plate formed from an elongated sheet of metal; provided with perforations and a slot at each end and upturned lugsin its intermediate portion to @geen i receive and retain the iiange of the rail, the

lugs being staggered t0 permit of the en'` trance of the iange' when the plate is at less than a right angle to the rail, and the slots being closed at their ends and located on a line intermediate said lugs. l

In testimony whereof, I havehereunto set my hand at Los Angeles California, this 19th day of June 1907.

yWALTER L. VAIL, JR.

I In'presenee of- GEORGE T. HACKLEY, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

